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The City of Santa Clarita was granted a hearing requesting a summary judgment in relation to their ongoing legal battle with Canyon View Estates over the installation of a number of solar panels on a Canyon Country hillside, officials said.
The hearing is currently scheduled for Dec. 12 in Chatsworth and is expected to give City lawyers an opportunity to show cause for a summary judgment.
Summary judgments require one party to show that there are no facts in dispute, and as a result, the issue should not require a trial, according to officials.
The issue originally dates back to a notice of violation issued by City officials in July 2018 to Canyon View Estates, the mobile home park operated by Canyon View limited, in regards to the installation of a number of solar panels on the hillside above the property.
These allegations were based on a review of file materials concerning the solar project and the conditional use permit, obtained from the California Department of Housing and Community Development and the County of Los Angeles, respectively, officials said.
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The notice alleged the addition of the solar panels violates the conditional use permit for the park, which requires that 50 percent of the property be maintained as open space.
After this notice did not result in the removal of the solar panels, City of Santa Clarita officials filed a formal complaint in September 2018 with the Los Angeles County Superior Court seeking a “preliminary and permanent injunction and declaratory relief to abate a public nuisance.”
“While the City supports the efforts to move to renewable energy, the City takes seriously its responsibility to enforce conditions of approval designed to protect the quality of life in Santa Clarita, balancing the need for development with the preservation of open space,” reads a statement released when the lawsuit was announced.
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The City of Santa Clarita must remain firm and require the removal of these unlawfully placed hideous eyesores in my community of Canyon Country and the courts must enforce removal action. These arrogant folks have violated their development agreement to retain open space and also violated the solar panel placement approvals because they were required to FIRST seek City approval, which they failed to do. Take these eyesores down ASAP!
If this were turned into a criminal case and the ceo and others in the corporation that runs this community were put in jail it would soften their arrogance.
Just let a spark set the hillside a flame and wait for nature to clear the area.
I’m very glad to see our city pursuing this issue and not letting it go. The rest of us live by our rules and get our permits and inspections!